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"How does one explain the poverty and marginalization of a group that lives in a remarkably successful economy and peaceful society? A native anthropologist, the author provides critical insight into the dynamics of contemporary Mauritian society. In her meticulously researched …
"When Europe introduced mechanisms to control New World territories, resources and populations, women-whether African, indigenous, mixed race, or European-responded and participated in multiple ways. By adopting a comprehensive view of female agency, the essays in this collectio…
"In Decolonizing Cultures in the Pacific, Susan Y. Najita proposes that the traumatic history of contact and colonization has become a crucial means by which indigenous peoples of Oceania are reclaiming their cultures, languages, ways of knowing, and political independence. In p…
The Netherlands brought in guest workers from Morocco and Turkey to fill low wage positions. These immigrants have experienced discrimination by Dutch natives due to their religious beliefs and culture, resulting in low integration. This has led to socioeconomic disadvantages, p…
The Schuylers, a wealthy, prominent New York colonial family, have been the subject of much scholarly debate about their expressions of identity. Although the family emigrated from Holland in the 1600s, many scholars argue that they chose to display a British rather than Dutch i…
This thesis examines and argues that the shipboard narratives and material culture related to black enslaved women from 1700 through 1886 further illuminates gendered experiences. The study analyses the role of these African women through a maritime and archaeological lens, asse…
This study focuses on a religious group in America and how it has managed to engage the third and fourth generations who have assimilated into the American cultural milieu while maintaining allegiance to the Church of Lebanon-the Maronite Catholic church. Understanding the histo…
This thesis discusses the relationships of misplaced ancestors of perceived African ancestry and the Muscogee Nation's ancestral lands in Middle Georgia. These ancestors were excavated from Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park (OMNHP) almost 90 years ago (1930s and 1940s) in…
In this study, the collective effects of in-group discrimination, out-group discrimination, and ethnic identity on self-esteem and life satisfaction were examined in a sample of Arab American adults. Previous research studies have focused on measuring ethnic identity and perceiv…
In China, little research has been done regarding literacy in the minority languages. The Nuosu people, a thriving minority ethnic group in China, are proud of their language and its script. However, most Nuosu do not use Nuosu script in their daily lives. The purpose of this qu…
This dissertation explores the history of Tibetan-rite Buddhism in China, with a specific focus on how it was received, interpreted, organized, and reinvented by the people of China. Buddhism in Tibet already had its own monastic organization, rituals, scriptures, and meditation…
The mutually constitutive relationship between constructions of social identity and collective memory is mediated by cultural tools. Across four studies, I explored the relationship between ethnic and national identity and engagement with the final report of the Commission for H…
Throughout four centuries of Ottoman domination, Salonika Jews had managed to preserve their particular ethnic identity and to occupy an important position in the economic life of the city. In 1912 Salonika was annexed to the Greek nation-state, and only decades later various so…
In light of the growing criticism of multicultural policies of integration, there has been an increased interest in the questions surrounding political integration of immigrant-origin minorities. In particular, public and policy debates have focused on the importance of a shared…
This dissertation investigates the relationship between the Holy Spirit, ethnic identity and the ‘other’ in Luke-Acts. I argue that the Spirit is the central figure in the formation of a new social identity that affirms, yet chastens and transcends ethnic identity. The investiga…